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Dictionary: pre·fab   (prē'făb') pronunciation
Informal.
adj.
Prefabricated.

n.
Something prefabricated, especially a building or section of a building.

prefab pre'fab' v.

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A factory-built house of standard dimensions; does not include a mobile home or trailer having less-than-standard dimensions.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a prefabricated structure


The adjective prefab has one meaning:

Meaning #1: manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere
  Synonym: prefabricated


Translations: Prefab
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - elementbyggeri
adj. - prefabricated (præfabrikeret)

Nederlands (Dutch)
montagewoning

Français (French)
n. - maison préfabriquée, bâtiment préfabriqué
adj. - préfabriqué
v. tr. - préfabriquer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fertighaus
v. - vorfabrizieren
adj. - Fertig...

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προκάτ, προκατασκευασμένο σπίτι
v. - προκατασκευάζω
adj. - προκάτ, προκατασκευασμένος

Italiano (Italian)
prefabbricato, casa prefabbricata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pré-fabricado
v. - pré-fabricar
adj. - pré-fabricado

Русский (Russian)
сборный дом

Español (Spanish)
n. - vivienda prefabricada
adj. - prefabricada
v. tr. - prefabricar

Svenska (Swedish)
abbr. - prefabricated (monteringsfärdig)
n. - element(hus)
v. - fabrikstillverka delar, prefabricera
adj. - monterings-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
活动房屋, 预制的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 活動房屋
adj. - 預製的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 조립식 간이주택
adj. - 조립식의

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 組立て式工法で作る, 前もって作る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مبني, مشيد من أجزاء مصنوعه قبلا (فعل) يشيد, يبني (صفه) مبني, مشيد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בית טרומי, מבנה טרומי‬
adj. - ‮טרומי‬


 
 

 

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